Posted on 04/27/2016 11:18:01 AM PDT by NRx
Prince died without a will, according to court documents filed by his sister on Tuesday, potentially causing big complications for that star’s sprawling financial estate and musical legacy.
In probate documents filed with the Carver County District Court in Minnesota, Tyka Nelson, 55, Prince’s sister, said that her brother died without a spouse, children or surviving parents, and that “I do not know of the existence of a will.”
Ms. Nelson’s petition also listed five half-siblings as heirs, and asked the court to appoint a special administrator for the estate “because no personal representative has been appointed in Minnesota or elsewhere.” Minnesota law treats surviving half-siblings the same as full siblings, raising the possibility of a drawn-out family battle.
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I have a collection of old wills from an historic project. Noticed some folks were very careful to give one dollar to some so they could never protest it.
The kid gets it all. Just plant me in the damn garden next to the stupid lion.
Or they got rid of the unregistered will they did not like.
BLUF: It is going to be a BIG mess.
Unbelievable. Someone worth hundreds of millions of dollars didn’t even have a will. What kind of legal advisors did he have?
“Or they got rid of the unregistered will they did not like.”
You mean the one leaving it all to the Jehovah’s Witnesses?
His sister, TYKA, a former crack cocaine addict. She will get it all, unless she can claim some for Prince's half-nephews/half nieces.
I bet there is a bunch of lawyers queuing up the O Jays Love of money right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH79m38ifJQ
+ 1000.
Holey Moley.
Lawyers in Love
If he has half siblings I can virtually guarantee they’ll be the same as full blood siblings. It’s that way in most states given a death intestate. They are all co-equals.
I’m dealing with that now with my younger brother’s death.
Although I have no knowledge of how Prince lived, I’ll go out on a limb and assume he has been, in one way or another, supporting his family and likely many others for some time. And since he has no known heir, the State of Minnesota should be his beneficiary But I’m no lawyer..
I’ve seen a side of a few people that I never knew existed, due to wanting various things from an elderly relative. Sometimes, they’ll just take what they want and not even bother to wait until after death. Others are more stealthy, they suddenly become very close and convince the elderly relative to give it to them. I’ve never been comfortable with the whole vulture-circling thing.
“Our lawyer told us some horror stories, though.”
It’s hard to keep a good attitude about human nature after a while.
Actually it is 45% to AndytTheBear and 45% to Phlap.
I have a few stories I can tell. This brings the absolute worst out in some people.
MN will not get most of it but a nice chunk at 16%. The feds will get 40. The Death Tax is an obamanation (sp).
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